Author:
Surya Kiran Dangi

Doi: 10.26480/faer.01.2024.46.50

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Research was conducted to assess the impact of remittance on agricultural production and household income in Triveni and Paribartan Rural Municipality (RM) of Rolpa district. The study employed the purposeful random sampling technique. Altogether 180 households- 90 from migrating and 90 from non migrating households were selected randomly from the list of all the households using the random number table. A comparative analysis was carried out between migrating and non-migrating households. Simple descriptive statistics tools like mean, standard deviation, and Lorenz curve were used for the data analysis. There is a higher percentage of migrated households that have 0.5 to 1 and 1-2 ha of land. But the lower percentage in 0.1–2, 0.2–0.5 ha of land, and more than 2 ha. Most of the people, i.e., 39.22 percent of migrated people and 42.86 percent of non-migrated people, have 0.5–1 ha of land. Minimum zero and maximum 4 numbers of people are migrated from each household. The male individuals are comparatively more literate in both the migrated and non-migrated households. The ethnic composition is dominated by Janajati, where 44 percent of people are from migrated households and 36 percent from non-migrated households. A major portion of the remittance is invested in real estate, which is followed by luxurious goods. Just three percent of remittance is invested in the agriculture sector. The disparity in income was seen in both the migrating households and non-migrating households. The disparity was seen more in non-migrating households. The Gini Coefficient (G.C) was a little bit higher in non-migrating households (G.C 0.287634) than migrating households (G.C 0.24756). This implies that after migration, the disparity in income distribution has somewhat decreased. Finally, it is concluded that the outmigration of people significantly hampered the agricultural production. Although outmigration negatively effects agriculture production, remittance is the main income source of household expenditure.